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THE MIDDLE AGES."
composed a " little book of all the baths which are naturally
hot." Many popular medical writings appeared at the
same time, especially in Germany; such were the collections
of recipes intended for household use or the; direct
tions and rules for diet which were worked up after the
pattern of the Regimen Salernitanum, as the Dispensatory
of ORTOLF of Bavaria, the Garden of Health, which issued
from Mainz, etc.
The middle ages were, therefore, by no means' so destitute
and devoid of intellectual equipment as they are represented
to have been by many authors. A stirring life prevailed in
all provinces of mental activity. If the results gained did
not correspond to the pains and labour bestowed, the reason
lay in the fact that the efforts to advance were made in a
wrong direction or encountered obstacles they could not
surmount. The yoke of scholasticism weighed heavily:
upon science, and the authority of the Church pointed out
to it goals which lay remote from its essential aims and
which were not to be reached.
END OF PART II.